Veeam® is happy to provide the VMware community with new, unofficial study guides prepared by VMware certified professionals Jason Langer and Josh Coen.

Free VCP5-DCV Study Guide

In this 136-page study guide Jason and Josh cover all seven of the exam blueprint sections to help prepare you for the VCP exam. After reading the guide you’ll be able to:
- Plan, install, configure and upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi.
- Configure vSphere Networking and vSphere Storage and administer VMs and vApps.
- Perform basic troubleshooting and alarm management for VMware ESXi hosts and VMs.Guide's bullets ▼Collapse bullets ▲

Free VCAP5-DCA Study Guide

For those currently holding their VCP certification and want to take it up a notch, Jason and Josh have you covered with the 248-page VCAP5-DCA study guide. Using this study guide along with hands-on lab time will help you in the three and a half hours, lab-based VCAP5-DCA exam. Since “DCA” focuses on large and complex virtual infrastructures, after reading the guide you’ll be able to:
- Plan, implement, manage and maintain complex vSphere deployments;
- Configure, manage and analyze vSphere log files;
- Execute VMware cmdlets and customize scripts using PowerCLI.
Guide's bullets ▼Collapse bullets ▲

Authors

Jason Langer
Jason has worked in the IT field for more than 12 years, and with VMware virtualization for the past six years. Jason holds several VMware certifications: VCP, VCP-DT, VCAP-DCA/DCD, and he was awarded VMware vExpert status in 2012 and 2013.

Josh Coen
Josh has been working in the IT field for the past 10 years, but he has been awesome for the last 31 years. Among being VCP5-DCV, VCAP5-DCA and VCAP5-DCD certified, Josh has also been awarded the vExpert designation in 2012 and 2013 for his contributions to the VMware community.